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What’s next for federal whistleblowers? As Congress debates new protections, federal employee advocates say the time has come to move on this legislation. Tom Devine is the Legal Director for the Government Accountability Project.
Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: Pay for performance at the Pentagon could be headed for an Extreme Makeover. A task force reviewing the National…
The migration to Windows Vista in the Federal market has been slow, and Microsoft is already close to releasing Vista’s successor, Windows 7. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is looking at Windows 7…
Delays in the processing time of claims at the Department of Veteran’s Affairs triggered the creation of a new electronic health record. But the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations wants to know…
NASA’s not worried, but engineers are taking a close look at the shuttle Endeavour’s skin this morning. Astronauts blasted off yesterday on a flight to the international space station. But NASA says during the launch,…
A new agency may be coming, to oversee consumer finance. With that comes new jobs and new powers. What will this agency do? Who will they report to? These were some of the questions the…
The number of vehicles in the Federal fleet is holding steady while demands on the fleet are increasing. Becky Rhodes, Deputy Associate Administrator for GSA’s Office of Travel, Transportation, and Asset Management in the Office…
Written by Jane Norris and Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: Federal workplaces may soon sport a farmer’s Market, centralized child-care and a garden as part of…
Keeping the talent the government has will require every tool in the toolbelt, according to Federal HR pros. That’s why the Office of Personnel Management and the White House are supporting HR 2517, the “Domestic…
If your agency is like most public-sector organizations, its efficiency is stagnating, at best. That’s while efficiency in the private sector is increasing. The Center for American Progress looked at this phenomenon at a round-table…
John Howell Partner Sullivan & Worcester July 14th, 2009
The Obama Administration is taking a closer look at the way government information is declassified. The Public Interest Declassification Board recently held a public meeting to gauge how the public feels about the classification of…
Written by Ruben Gomez Edited by Suzanne Kubota This morning’s federal news as heard on WFED: The Census Bureau gets its new boss. The Senate has confirmed Dr. Robert Groves as the agency’s new director.…